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Indonesia’s parliament passed on Tuesday a long-awaited bill to tackle sexual violence, aimed at providing a legal framework for victims to secure justice in a country where sexual abuse has often been regarded as a private matter (pic)
Indonesia, home to the world’s largest Muslim population, yesterday passed a sexual abuse law, in a victory for women’s groups and Indonesian President Joko Widodo after years of opposition from religious conservatives.
The new Criminal Acts of Sexual Violence Law makes Indonesia among the first Muslim-majority nations to have a dedicated law on sexual offenses, which has generally been considered a private matter.
Some Islamist parties and religious groups had held up the legislative process for the past six years, saying that the new law would promote extramarital sex and homosexuality.
Widodo made the final push for the law in response to
JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): The Manpower Ministry is preparing a decree aimed at preventing and handling cases of sexual violence in workplaces, in a move to provide stronger legal protections for workers amid an increase in reported complaints of such cases in the country.
The government is still waiting for an invitation from the House of Representatives to discuss the draft Law on the Crime of Sexual Violence, the Women's ...